Historical Events In December - 22
Tuesday, 19 March 2024
1715 On December - 22 english pretender to the throne James III lands at Peterhead
1721 Nathaniel Hawes, tortured & executed in England for robbery on December - 22.
1723 Carl Friedrich Abel, German/British viola-da-gamba-player/composer on December - 22.
1723 Jacques Basnage, French/Dutch historian/vicar, dies at 70 on December - 22.
1727 On this day in history william Ellery, US attorney/signer (Declar of Independence)
1728 On December - 22 charles Frederick, Baden, liberal ruler of Baden
1731 On December - 22 dutch people revolt against meat tax
1738 On this day in history jean-Joseph Mouret, composer, dies at 56
1744 Abigail Adams, Weymouth Mass, 2nd first lady (1797-1801) on this day in history.
1745 On December - 22 jan Dismas Zelenka, composer, dies at 66
1753 On this day in history dugald Stewart, Edinburgh Scot, philosopher (Scottish common sense)
1761 Dorothea Jordan, Ireland, French comedic actress on December - 22.
1764 On December - 22 barbara Juliane Krudener, Latvia, mystic visionary renounced nobility
1767 On this day in history andreas Hofer, South Tirol, milt leader (fought Napoleon's France)
1767 On December - 22 john Newberry, English publisher, dies
1768 On this day in history the birth of John Crome, English landscape painter
1768 On this day in history john Crome, [Old Crome], English landscape painter/etcher
1772 Moravian missionary constructs first schoolhouse west of Allegheny on December - 22.
1772 Moravian missionary constructs 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny on December - 22.
1775 Continental navy organized with 7 ships on December - 22.
1783 On this day in history washington resigns his military commission
1787 Rasmus Rask, Denmark, language scholar on this day in history.
1790 On December - 22 russian troops occupy Ismail on Turks
1795 Thomas Ainsworth, English/Neth industrialist (Twentse textile) on December - 22.
1797 On this day in history giovanni Marco Rutini, composer, dies at 74
1803 Joseph King Fenno Mansfield, Mjr Gen (Union volunteers), died in 1862 on December - 22.
1807 An Embargo Act signed by President Jefferson prohibits all ships from leaving U S ports for foreign ports on this day in history.
1807 On this day in history congress passes Embargo Act, to force peace between Britain & France
1808 On December - 22 thomas Cook, England, tour director (Thomas Cook & Son)
1809 On this day in history uS passes Non-Intercourse Act; opens trade with all nations except Britain and France; to retaliate against Napoleon's Decrees and British blockade; causes commercial depression in Canada.
1809 Benedict Augustin Morel, Vienna, Fren psychologist (dementia praecox) on December - 22.
1810 On this day in history british frigate Minotaur sinks killing 480
1812 On this day in history johanne Luise Heiberg, Copenhagen Denmark, actress (Romeo & Juliet)
1815 On December - 22 spaniards execute Mexican revolutionary priest Jose Maria Morelos
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